Post-Match

Post-Match

There isn't much to do in the post-match, but it gives you a chance to give your players one final pep talk based on their performance. It's best to tell your players in no uncertain terms when they perform badly, but as mentioned in the Pre-Match section, it's a balance between carrot and stick: getting too angry will just make the players upset and demotivated, but being too forgiving will make them complacent and not try their best.

After that, you'll get a summary screen where the journalist from the Pre-Match will talk about how his prediction compared to the result, and you'll see how the referee performed. You'll want to take a note of this: if the referee blew a call, the Football Association is less likely to punish you if you criticize him in the post-match press conference. It's still not ideal to do so, but if you're playing as an outspoken manager, you'll want to keep that in mind.